Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Charles Manuel “Sweet Daddy” Grace (1881-1960)
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Freddie Keppard (1890–1933)
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Anatole Paul Broyard (1920-1990)
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Jamie Foxx (1967- )

Explore Global African History

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Addisu Messele (1961- )
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Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883-1969)
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Banjul, Gambia (1816- )
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era
Africa in 1595 as known to Italian explorers and cartographers
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Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)
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Trans-Atlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas
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“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: The Ironic Origins of a Popular Song

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators